"Lend me your strength, Takishiro."
Lin Qiye gently sent the cartridge into the void.
Click—!
A crisp spring-loaded sound came from the void,
as if an invisible game console had inserted the cartridge, followed immediately by a faint startup hum!
--Loading...
As the small line of text appeared in midair, countless points of light gathered and condensed into a doorway.
The door's form shifted constantly, as though it had been pieced together from countless different games. One moment, it was a cartoonish, colorful pixel-style entrance; the next, a ruined, blood-red gateway from the apocalypse; then the door of a snack shop with an "Open" sign hanging from it; then a heavy metal door covered in explosives...
--Loading complete!
The instant those words appeared, the doorknob suddenly turned!
A white-haired youth in white stepped out from behind the door with a smile. Countless streams of Game Data swirled like a vortex behind him. The moment he stepped through the game door, the data solidified into flesh, and he landed firmly on the ground. His cross-shaped, starlike eyes shone brightly.
"I'm here, Brother Qi Ye," Yurina Takishiro said softly.
Lin Qiye stared blankly at Yurina Takishiro, who radiated the aura of the divine realm, and at the doorway behind him that connected the game world to the Real World. For a moment, he was rather taken aback.
That entrance had truly caught him by surprise.
"How do you feel?" Lin Qiye asked.
"Great." Yurina Takishiro took a deep breath, confidence radiating from every inch of him. "I've never felt this good before."
"Can you handle Sun God Apollo and the Mythological Killing Array he's presiding over?"
"No problem."
Yurina Takishiro nodded with certainty.
Lin Qiye hummed, removed Divine Calamity from his waist, and held it out before Yurina